<p>I have a GPA of 80% on 100 scale and my SAT scores are 560 CR 520 Math 400 Writing. Do I have any chances at all to a good college. Also I am planning to major in engineering. </p>
<p>Maybe Iowa State </p>
<p>Thank you I will look into it</p>
<p>Honestly, with those stats I would look into a different major. Nowhere is going to take you seriously in a very math-intensive program like engineering and those scores.</p>
<p>As CardinalCompSci said, engineering requires mathematical expertise and very few engineering schools will take you in with those low SAT scores. If you’re in CA, you could maybe get into some of the lower tier cal-state schools. I would recommend attending community college and transferring to a 4 year afterwards. You’ll save a lot of money and honestly with your current scores not a lot of universities will take you in.</p>
<p>A lot of colleges are good, and most of them aren’t especially selective. What’s your state flagship? That’s a place to start.
In 2013, the [mean</a> SAT score](<a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/2013/TotalGroup-2013.pdf]mean”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/2013/TotalGroup-2013.pdf) for people who intended to major in engineering was 527 Critical Reading, 580 Math, and 512 Writing. </p>
<p>I think that the criticisms regarding your SAT score and the intensity of your major are valid to some extent - but in no way are you going to be barred from every engineering program in the country because of a 520 math score. Engineering is a hard major, but I’m sure you already knew that. But I don’t think that a three hour multiple choice test isn’t exactly indicative of your fluid intelligence and diligence. </p>
<p>Is MIT out of the question? Probably - but one can get a quality education practically anywhere - look into your state school system, see what their averages are for incoming classes and start there. If that doesn’t work out, look into direct transfer programs offered at your local community college and see if you can start at CC and make your way into your flagship’s engineering program after 2 years. </p>
<p>I enjoy math it is my favorite subject. I get As and high Bs in school. I only reason I think have such a low score for math is because I ran out of time and did not get to answer 10 questions. I plan to retake them. </p>
<p>My flagship school is Penn State.</p>
<p>As and high Bs in math I meant. English is a different story.</p>
<p>Have you taken the ACT yet? Maybe you will do better on that. The questions are a lot more straightforward and reasonable in my opinion. You’ll want to work fast since the ACT gives you less time per question than the SAT. Buy a practice book and time yourself through each test.</p>
<p>@jsies11 I have not taken the ACTs. I plan to do that in September. and then again in October if the score is not to good. </p>
<p>Penn State places high importance on GPA, so maybe a branch campus?</p>
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<p>Thank you @bodangles. Also I thought about applying to one of Penn State campuses but I have doubts I will get in .</p>
<p>You might also consider an Engineering Technology degree from a place such as RIT. Still a four year degree, accredited, but more applied and less theoretical than a full-up engineering degree. Still requires math, but not as much. Here’s a great explanation of the difference in programs <a href=“http://www.rit.edu/emcs/admissions/academics/majors/engineering-tech-or-engineering”>http://www.rit.edu/emcs/admissions/academics/majors/engineering-tech-or-engineering</a> RIT posts the middle 50% of SATs for majors. For Engineering Technology the middle is 1590-1850; for Engineering it is 1770-2030.</p>
<p>@mamaduck I think I will just retake my SATs work harder to get in 600s in math by moving alittle faster and raise my CR also to the 600s and my writing to 500. </p>